PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ARCHITECT

We are looking for a Principal Software Architect to help guide strategy, development and deployment of our homegrown insurtech platform. Our team works on cutting-edge tech in an agile environment where each team member will have opportunities to innovate, contribute & collaborate towards the mission of the team. As a Principal Software Architect, you will get exciting opportunities to shape the future of features added to our platform and develop a strategy to move from our current monolith application to a modern service-oriented architecture.

The successful candidate will have a strong technical background and experienced in designing and possess the ability to develop a unified vision for software characteristics and functions. They will have excellent communication skills and can convey an architectural vision.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop a plan to migrate a monolithic code base to service oriented architecture
• Introduce TDD and unit testing both as a concept and with practical usage by creating working code examples and documentation 
• Develop full-featured web applications, scale back-end services, web services, restful APIs, and micro services etc.
• Build reusable code and libraries, with scalability, performance, and security in mind
• Work closely with team members and PMs to gather requirements, design, and implement features
• Ensure solutions are smartly scalable and maintainable well beyond initial development and release
• Produce and review detailed technical specifications and design documents
• Engage in team code reviews, pull requests and feedback sessions

SKILLS / EXPERIENCE:

• At least 15 years of professional programming experience
• 8+ years of professional experience working in PHP and MySQL
• Experience developing in object-oriented design and LAMP distributed systems
• Experience with and understanding of AWS architecture and services, including EC2, S3, RDS, ElastiCache, and VPCs  
• Excellent understanding of best practices for security while coding.
• Experience using Git/branching in a team environment
• Strong MySQL knowledge (table design, complex query creation, best practices)
• Solid debugging, optimization, and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated, proactive and engaged attitude
• Thrives in a fast-paced, team environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to understand and present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner through all levels of the organization

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• MS Degree or equivalent work experience

CURRENT TECHNOLOGY STACK:

• PHP (Zend Framework)
• Node.js
• MySQL
• jQuery
• Nginx
• Amazon Linux 2
• Git

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

• Competitive Salary
• Health and Benefits package
• Opportunities to learn, grow and to shape the success of a small growing company

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